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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = BR_996730_20150426.jpg |thumbcaption = BR Rail Carrier 996730|200pxconstruc = Cravens of Sheffield|rightstatus = In service| BR Rail Carrier wagno = DB 996730]]|othernos = |designed = |diagram = 1/641|lot = 2208|wagtype = Bogie Bolster|telcode = TOPS code YLO|brakes = |built = 1950|years1 = 1990|events1 = Entered preservation on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}Bogie Bolster / Rail Carrier DB 996730 is one of 95 built for BR by Cravens of Sheffield in 1950 to the former GWR 40 ton ‘Gane A’ design, of which the SVR’s [[GWR 60841 Bogie Bolster | 60841]] is an example. The 60ft length allowed standard length rails to be carried. It was never vacuum-fitted, which led to an early retirement.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref><ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>

It ==Preservation==996730 arrived on the SVR in on 7 November 1990from Willsden. It was one of a number of wagons that were originally intended for the Southall Steam Centre but which came to the SVR instead during that year, and is used owned by J.J. Smith.<ref name=SB9/> It was immediately put to use by the PW department for carrying rails and sleepers.<ref>SVR News 98</ref> The photograph shows the wagon carring rails in a engineering train at Bewdley in 2015.

==SourcesSee also==Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br>[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] ==References==Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition<brreferences />